Umpire Ángel Hernández gets roasted on Twitter after having three calls overturned

By the fourth inning of Game 3 of the American League Division Series, the New York Yankees had fallen behind 10-0 to the Boston Red Sox. Yet, you could make the argument that they weren’t having the worst night of anyone at Yankee Stadium.

That honor — or dishonor — would instead go to umpire Ángel Hernández, who by the fourth inning had managed to have three calls flagged for review and overturned by replay umpires. Three! It’s the type of futility you have to marvel at, and in a sport where fans often just accept that the umpires are going to blow calls.

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Of the umpires that fans know by name, Hernández is at the top of the list. And not because he’s the Mike Trout of umpires. Let’s look at Hernández’s overturned moments from Game 3:

The first overturned call came on a second-inning bunt from Didi Gregorius, who was called safe and eventually ruled out.

.@RedSox challenge call that Didi Gregorius is safe at 1B in the 2nd; call overturned, runner is out.

Is Angel Hernandez normally this bad? Or is this a bit of postseason jitters? According to data collected by Close Call Sports, Hernandez had 13 of 22 challenges overturned this season, which means he was right 40.9% of the time in challenged calls. League-wide in 2017, that percentage was 52.69.

Now guess what happens to Hernandez! Nothing. He gets to call balls and strikes in Game 4.

If any player performed like Angel Hernandez tonight he would be in jeopardy of being benched. Hernandez gets home plate in a playoff game tomorrow.